The Central Bank sent recommendations to banks on the collection of biometric data of customers. The regulator urged individuals to inform individuals about exactly where their biometrics is being donated – to the Central Bank system or to the bank’s own system. This is a clear attack against Sberbank, because so far it is the only competitor of the regulator in this market. More.

The founder of Papa John's, the third largest pizza chain in the world, John Schnatter will leave the board of directors of the company and withdraw all claims against it. Schnatter paid the price for his racist remarks, after which other investors in the company took up arms against him. As a result, they managed to finally remove him from leadership. Story.

The OCCRP consortium's investigation into Troika Dialog's offshore schemes could have far-reaching consequences. Today, news about the data verification requirements from the investigation brought down the shares of the largest Western banks - only the Austrian Raiffeisen lost more than 12% of capitalization. The OCCRP investigation mentions more than a dozen Western banks to which money was transferred from offshore companies associated with Troika.

Involvement in the work of offshore schemes "Troika Dialog" brought down the quotes of Western banks Investigation of the OCCRP consortium on offshore schemes of the Three Dialogs can have far -reaching consequences. Today, news about the requirements of data verification from the investigation has brought down shares of the largest Western banks - only the Austrian Raiffeisen has lost more than 12% of capitalization.

Ford is considering closing factories in the Leningrad region and Tatarstan, say . Reuters sources More. The American automaker is going to significantly reduce the production of cars in Russia, despite the news about the exit of the Russian car market from a protracted crisis. The company is discussing the possibility of closing two major plants in Russia that produce passenger cars, Reuters writes, citing three industry sources.

The head of Novatek, Leonid Mikhelson, this year replaced the main owner of NLMK, Vladimir Lisin, in the ranking of the richest Russians according to Forbes. For the first time in the last eight years, the fortune of each of the businessmen in the top five exceeded $ 20 billion. And Jeff Bezos remained the richest person in the world, despite the divorce. The richest Russians.

Roman Abramovich's private film fund has financed the production of Anna Melikyan's film "Fairy", in which Konstantin Khabensky will play the leading role. This is a pilot project of the fund, which will eventually spend as much on Russian cinema as the Ministry of Culture does now. In the event of the film's commercial success, the fund will receive a share of the profits. More details. Kinoprime is a private film fund of businessman Roman Abramovich, which he registered in February 2019.

Western banks that appear in the investigation of the OCCRP consortium on the offshore schemes of the Troika Dialogue, encountered unpleasant consequences - the shares of the Austrian Raiffeisen fell on the Vienna exchange by 12%, and the Danish Nordea cannot recover after yesterday's fall by 6.5%. In total, almost a dozen Western banks was involved in the scheme. Fall. The most - almost 13% - Raiffeisen Bank's quotes on the Vienna Exchange fell.

Forbes for the first time ranked the best banks in the world - not by profit or loans issued, but by the quality of service from the point of view of customers . In the rating for Russia, Sberbank was only fourth. Methodology. Forbes compiled the rating with the help of the marketing company Statista, which surveyed 40,000 bank customers in 23 countries.

The Central Bank made changes to the procedure for the formation of "black lists", which business complained about a lot. Now only high-risk operations can get there, writes Vedomosti . In addition, the regulator recommends that banks explain to customers why they were disconnected from remote banking, which is not being done now. The changes were made on Monday, they will take effect in 10 days.

The facts stated in the OCCRP investigation about Troika Dialog did not and do not have anything to do with Sberbank, the state bank said. Sberbank bought the investment bank in early 2012, while the “laundering scheme” worked until the beginning of 2013, according to a journalistic investigation . Read more. “The mentioned transactions were carried out from the accounts of companies that were never part of the deal to purchase Troika Dialog.

The bill banning the operation of hostels in residential buildings was approved by the State Duma in a key second reading in a "hard" version. Most likely, it will also pass the final third reading, which will take place on Wednesday, March 6, without interference. More. Hostels can be placed in an apartment building only if it is converted into non-residential premises.

A Londoner could become the second person in history to be cured of an advanced HIV infection. It is too early to talk about a universal HIV treatment, but this case confirms that the hope for a universal cure is likely to exist and is in the field of gene therapy. More.

Despite the protests and loss of image, Google continued to develop the Dragonfly search engine for China with censoring features, writes The Intercept magazine, citing sources in the company. The US Senate, human rights organizations Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, and many Google employees believe that Dragonfly violates human rights and oppose its launch. The company's management refuses to discuss the project, while officially Dragonfly has never been completely closed.

Rosbank, which represents the French Societe Generale in Russia, predicts a rise in the price of the euro to 81 rubles by the end of this year. Such dynamics suggests the expected strengthening of the euro against the dollar. More. Rosbank analysts expect the ruble to weaken in the ruble-euro pair by 10% by the end of the year, follows from a review of the bank (available to The Bell).